Questions tagged [adverbios]
Preguntas sobre adverbios: cómo usarlos, qué características tienen... // Part of speech that changes the meaning of verbs or any part of speech other than nouns. Adverbs can modify verbs, adjectives, clauses, sentences, and other adverbs.
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Do all words that end with "mente" start as adjectives?
I am but a humble beginner in speaking Spanish. No hablo muy bien español.
I equate this new language to a programming language, in which I'm fluent in four and know very well seven.
To understand a ...
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¿Qué significa “No estaba muy bien con [...]” en la descripción de Don Quijote?
Con estas razones perdía el pobre caballero el juicio, y desvelábase por entenderlas y desentrañarles el sentido, que no se lo sacara ni las entendiera el mesmo Aristóteles, si resucitara para sólo ...
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Why is it "fácil y rápidamente" instead of "fácilmente y rápidamente"?
I read this: "Conectarlo al cargador fácil y rápidamente sin dejarlo desprotegido." I also translated "easily and quickly" from English to Spanish on multiple online translators (...
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"Why do you think they did that?"
Consider this English sentence:
Why do you think they did that?
I think this can easily be interpreted in two ways:
a) You think they did that. Why do you think that? (example answer: "I
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God damn if..(sí que (eso) es/si (eso) no es/si es que (eso) es)[Adverbio de afirmación]
I didn't realize that that was something that you could do. Thank you for this comment!
God damn if that ain't the truth.
¿Cómo traducirías esto?
Es un comentario de aprobación a otro comentario de ...
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"It was for my friend that I worked"
How would I say "it was for my friend that I worked"?
Obviously, it would be simpler to say "I worked for my friend." But I'm trying to understand the structure.
This question is ...
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How would I answer these two questions? (relative pronouns and adverbs)
How would I answer these two questions?
SpanishDict.com has this example sentence:
Fue en ese momento en el que me enteré del atentado terrorista.
It has this English translation:
It was at that ...
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How does "creo que sí" work?
Can someone help explain how this sentence works in terms of sentence structure?
Creo que sí
'Sí' is an adverb, why don't we just say "creo sí", what's the purpose of putting que there?
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Preference of adverbial expressions against compound -mente form, in latin american regions
I am currently doing a dive into Spanish adverbs (adverbios Españoles) to better my fluency and vocab. My current main source is "Complete Spanish Grammar" 3rd Edition. It describes the ...
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When and why did "a" begin to precede "menudo" to indicate that it means "often"?
Someone asked this question over on Duolingo and though I had never thought about it before, it made me wonder why, too. I wasn't going to post a question about it here until I came across this over ...
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¿Por qué en español el adverbio suele ser invariable?
Verbs are conjugated to agree in number with the noun. In Spanish, If you have a plural subject noun, it will have plural adjectives and a plural verb, but the adverbs don't require any pluralizing. ...
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¿Es afinmente o afínmente? [duplicate]
En matemáticas usamos la palabra afinmente, no creo que realmente sea una palabra en español.
Mi pregunta es si se acentúa, ¿o no?
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Adverbio o adjetivo con los verbos saber y oler
No me queda claro cuando se usan adverbios y cuando adjetivos con los verbos saber y oler.
Por ejemplo he escuchado:
La sopa huele feo.
(Creo que feo no se usa así en todas partes).
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¿En qué orden histórico llegaron los significados al vocablo "luego"?
Recuerdo que cuando niño con 6 o 7 años, al oír o leer la frase de Descartes Pienso, luego existo, creí que exhortaban a la persona a que se dedicara a pensar... y que de momento no se preocupase por ...
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Adverbs male vs female usage
Hi I would like some clarification with how to use adverbs in Spanish, especially regarding male vs female usage. For example: She sings really pretty: ella canta muy bonito or bonita? Also, she walks ...
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